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• The lobbying arm of Planned Parenthood, which said in 2020 it supports defunding the police among many other policy goals, has given $5,000 in campaign contrubutions to Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va.
• The National Republican Campaign Committee says the donation proves that "Spanberger supports defunding the police."
• Spanberger has been a leading Democratic critic of the defund police movement and has consistently voted to increase police appropriations.
• The Planned Parenthood Action Fund's support of House members is based on their support of expanding access to abortions and reproductive health care. Police funding is not listed in the criteria.

Repeating a successful strategy from 2020, the National Republican Campaign Committee is accusing Democratic congressional candidates this year of seeking to defund police departments.

Among the targets is Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.), who has been one of the most outspoken Democratic critics of the "Defund the Police" movement that was rekindled after the May 2020 murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. The movement calls for reducing funds going to police forces and investing them in community resources, such as social services, youth services and public housing.

The NRCC said Spanberger has been dishonest on the issue and the proof is that she accepted a $3,000 contribution in June from Planned Parenthood, a women’s health organization that supports defunding the police.

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